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Rothschildia hesperus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Имаго Rothschildia hesperus

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Bombycoidea → family Saturniidae → subfamily Saturniinae → tribe Attacini → genus Rothschildia → species Rothschildia hesperus

Species name(s)

Rothschildia hesperus (Linnaeus, 1758) = Phalaena hesperus Linnaeus, 1758 = Attacus hesperus. [9, 85]

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 1.

Zoogeographical regions

Neotropic.

Subspecies of Rothschildia hesperus

Rothschildia hesperus betis Walker, 1855. [187]
R. h. lutea Jordan, 1911. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Evgeny Komarov, Alex Dumchus.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org

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Other species Rothschildia

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Rothschildia chiris Rothschild, 1907

Rothschildia cincta (Tepper, 1883)

Rothschildia condor Staudinger, 1894

Rothschildia erycina (Shaw, [1796])

Rothschildia hopfferi Felder, 1859

Rothschildia jacobaeae (Walker, 1855)

Rothschildia jorulla (Westwood, 1853)

Rothschildia jorulloides (Dognin, 1895)

Rothschildia lebeau (Guérin-Méneville, 1868)

Rothschildia lichtenba Dyar, 1912

Rothschildia maurus Burmeister, 1880

Rothschildia orizaba (Westwood, 1853)

Rothschildia paucidentatat Lemaire, 1971

Rothschildia prionia Rothschild, 1907

Rothschildia roxana Schaus, 1905

Rothschildia speculifer (Walker, 1855)

Rothschildia tucumani Dognin, 1901

Rothschildia zacateca Westwood, 1853

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